NAPO Washington DC Metro Chapter

Do you have any senior clients that would be interested in this study that is a partnership between Umass Chan Medical School and our Partner, Artifcts?? Check out the details below. #NAPO #SeniorClients #BusinessPartner

Many thanks to Samira Farmer for hosting and sponsoring DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers' Table Talk this morning at the the Doyle Warehouse in Kensington. All chapter members who attended enjoyed a beautiful breakfast, gorgeous swag bags with our own loop magnifiers, plus a very informative talk about the history of porcelain and how to identify a valuable specimen. And, of course, it is always great to spend time with colleagues and friends. Lots of shmoozing at the end! #napowdc #napo #Doyle #ProOrganizers #BusinessPartners

Calling all Professional Organizers!?? NAPO WDC Virtual Chapter Meeting with Educational Session: Is Virtual Organizing Right for Me? Speaker: Pam Holland ~ Virtual home organizer Holland, Mindful Decluttering & Organizing CEU Credits offered To register and for more info go to: https://lnkd.in/gCRaZHXd #NAPOWDC #professionalorganizers #virtualorganizing #NAPO

Calling all Professional Organizers in the DMV Area: We invite you to our NAPO WDC Business Partner’s Showcase Monday, January 13th at 6:30pm Dinner and raffle prizes! George Mason University, Arlington Campus (Mason Square) Meet our NAPO-WDC Business Partners in person and learn more about the wide range of useful services they provide to chapter members and our clients. To learn more about this event & Register go to: https://lnkd.in/epcGVTSS #NAPOWDC #ProOrganizer #BusinessPartners #WinterSocial #OrganizerResources

Register for the next NAPO-WDC meeting - Members free, guests $25 CEUs are offered at this event Go to https://lnkd.in/emVhPw2n and click on November event for details and to register AGENDA 7-7:30 Chapter Announcements & Business Partner Introductions 7:30-8:30 Educational Presentation: Mastering Digital Hygiene for You & Your Clients OUR SPEAKER: Welcome back Kate! Kate Hufnagel is a digital organizer who is on a mission to make it fun and hip to talk about digital organization — whether it’s helping people figure out how to best use their devices, organizing digital files, data and emails, or developing good digital hygiene practices. After earning two degrees in engineering, Hufnagel spent 25 years managing a variety of high-tech projects, primarily in the intelligence community and supporting the Department of Defense. Today, as a digital and legacy organizer known as The Digital Wrangler?, Hufnagel applies all her high-tech know-how to helping people live a more organized and simplified digital life. #napowdc #napo #proorganizers #digitalorganizing #education #CEUs

Join NAPO WDC for our presentation: Staying Safe Online, Protecting Yourself, Your Business, and Your Clients. Presenter: Heather Nickerson When: Monday September 9th, 7-9 pm on Zoom NAPO WDC members: Free Guests: $25 To register go to: https://lnkd.in/gBSeJjwx Do you know what happens to your data once it's shared online? When was the last time you Google'd yourself? How private are your privacy settings? In today's age of technology, social media, and rapid digital sharing, it's easy to lose sight of your privacy. Heather Nickerson, CEO of Artifcts and author of?Shield Your Privacy, will walk us through how and why everyone can and should take precautions to safeguard and advocate for their privacy. With her background in intelligence, and working in some of the most security-sensitive jobs, she'll share with you actionable steps to protect your and your clients' privacy. About the Presenter: Heather Nickerson is a co-founder of Artifcts. Heather is a life-long entrepreneur and adventurer. Her Mission: Help her clients preserve history and build their legacy. Heather holds a B.A. in International Relations from Brown University and a Masters of Economics from the London School of Economics. She is a member of the Economic Club of Washington, DC, and is an active Partner with NextGen Venture Partners. She serves on the boards of The Photo Managers and the National Association of Productivity & Organizing Professionals - Washington, DC. Heather started her career as an Analyst for the US government. Prior to co-founding Artifcts, Heather served as Chief Growth & Strategy Officer of Red Five Holdings, Inc., and President of Red Five Privacy Labs, LLC. While at Red Five, she drove corporate growth, led corporate brand, service line marketing, and pursued new entrepreneurial lines of business.

Meet M. Laurie Cammisa, Esq. Owner/The Red Binder TM in our Organizer of the Month Spotlight??????? ?????? ??Time as a NAPO member: Three months ??Owner of :The Red Binder TM ??Career before starting her business:?Licensed attorney and Chief of Staff to CEOs? ??Organizing Niche: Working with clients to gather and organize their personal, family, financial, and digital information in one easily accessed, managed, and customized Red Binder.? ???Why she started her business: Because you never know what will happen in the?future, so being prepared with all of your important documents?in order (and accessible to loved ones) gives clients peace of mind. ??What she says about NAPO: Loves the support and tremendous inclusivity of all of the members! #napowdc #organizerspotlight #napo

NAPO WDC Presents: Deepening Client Communication & Awareness for Better Results Who: Denslow Brown, Master Certified Coach & Founder and Trainer of Coach Approach Training - Institute for Applied Coaching When: Monday, June 3rd, 7-9 pm Where: Via Zoom Free for Members, $25 for guests To Register: https://lnkd.in/eAZRs_fc In this presentation, you will learn communication tools that inspire and anchor self-awareness by listening for and responding to openings, asking permission to ask bigger questions, requesting data collection, self-observation, co-creating experiments, and partnering to learn from each step and stage of the project. Our Speaker: Denslow Brown opened her organizing business in 1974 and has been active in NAPO and ICD (NSGCD) since their inception, volunteering in many leadership and training capacities. She is a CPO, CPO-CD, and ICD Master Trainer. She is the recipient of NAPO’s President and Founders Awards. In the 1990s, she began researching adult attention deficit disorder (ADD) and training as a coach. She has provided presentations related to both ADD and coaching for over 20 years at ICD, NAPO, and CHADD conferences. She was credentialed as a Master Certified Coach by the International Coach Federation in 2008. That same year, she founded the Coach Approach for Organizers to bring coaching skills into the organizing and productivity fields. ICF accredits her coach training program and supports five credentials for organizer coaching, productivity/leadership coaching, ADHD coaching, and life coaching. She is proud of Coaching Essentials, Coach Approach’s 8-week stand-alone intro telecourse on basic coaching competence. #napowdc #napo #proorganizers #education

Congratulations to this year's NAPO-WDC Chapter Award Winners: Heather Nickerson, Blake Jones, Judy Kwon, & Ginger Willis.

Thanks to NAPO National for spotlighting our chapter this month! Here to share about the Washington, DC Chapter is?Jill Katz, CPO?! Tell us about yourself: "Hi, my name is Jill Katz and I am the President of the Washington, DC Chapter. I am finishing my 2nd year as President and I served 3 years previously as Director of Membership. I started my business, One to Zen Organizing and joined NAPO in same year (2018) and specialize in serving neurodivergent clients and those going through life transitions.” What makes your chapter special? "One of the things that makes our chapter special is our very robust active group of about 25 Business Partners, thanks to our former BP Director?Samara G.?and our current BP Director?Heather Nickerson. We also have fabulous programming thanks to our current Director of Programming,?Jeanne Fox-Alston Fox Alston?who works very hard to create our chapter education. And we house that education on our website so all members can view it even if they missed a meeting. In addition to our monthly virtual programming, l we have many opportunities to meet in person through our workshops, socials, 3 neighborhood groups, our quarterly accountability group, and our new monthly coffee pop-ups." Are there any star volunteers you'd like to shine a light on? "It takes a village to make our chapter great.This year, we had over 30 volunteers in addition to our Board who stepped up to help our chapter. In my book, anyone who gives back is a star. However, I would like to highlight one person in our chapter that shines particularly bright and that is?Debbie Smith. Debbie is the past President of our chapter and she has remained on the board for 2 years after she served as President. She is such a giving person and her sparkle really adds to all our board and chapter interactions." Thank you Jill for sharing about NAPO Washington, DC and especially your leadership and contributions to NAPO!